Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerA police pursuit in Irvington led to a crash that left a 13-year-old boy dead Sunday night, authorities said. Pictured is a file photo of an Irvington police car.

IRVINGTON — A 13-year-old Newark boy died Sunday night after the vehicle he was traveling in crashed at the end of a multi-city police chase, authorities said.

Zion James was sitting in the back seat of a carjacked vehicle that struck another car and then slammed into a telephone pole near Sanford and Clinton Avenues in Irvington around 10 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said.

James was one of four teens in the car, a 2000 Jaguar that had been carjacked at gunpoint on Sunday afternoon, Murray said. The chase began around 10 p.m., when officers noticed the stolen vehicle traveling near 18th Avenue and 21st Streets in Irvington, according to Murray.

The officers tried to stop the car, but the Jaguar took off, leading police on a chase that looped through East Orange and Newark before winding back toward Irvington, Murray said. The Jaguar struck a civilian's car near Sanford and Clinton Avenues, then careened into a utility pole, according to Murray.

James was pronounced dead at the scene. The other three teens were arrested by Irvington Police and charged in connection with the pursuit, and investigators recovered a handgun inside the car.

No officers were hurt, but Murray said a passenger in the vehicle that the Jaguar struck had to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The Essex County Prosecutor's Homicide and Major Crime Task force and the prosecutor's office of professional standards are investigating the boy's death.